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UEE61222 Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection
UEE61222 is the nationally recognised Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection. It prepares you for work as an electronic engineering technician. It has been the current version on the national register since 2022, when it replaced UEE61220. Employers posted about 67 electronic engineering technician jobs in June 2026, up 35.8% on a year earlier.
Register data synced 18 Sept 2026 from training.gov.au
Online job ads · June 2026
67last month
Electronic engineering technician roles advertised across Australia
Up on a year earlier
Long-term outlook
Positive
Three structural signals up
Register status
Current
Replaced UEE61220 in 2022
Enrolments
Rising fast
5 enrolled in 2025
Funding status
Verification pending
Checked against official state program lists
The short answer
The independent signals behind the Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection line up. Electronic engineering technicians are in national shortage, employment is projected to grow through 2035, enrolments are rising and job ads in June 2026 were up 35.8% on a year earlier. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Jobs and Skills Australia
Is the work there?
Employers are posting more electronic engineering technician jobs than a year ago. About 67 electronic engineering technician jobs were advertised online in June 2026, up 35.8% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 700 job ads, while 5 people were training in the qualification nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Internet Vacancy Index · latest month June 2026 · ANZSCO 3124
Combined monthly online job ads across Electronic Engineering Technician, to June 2026
Official shortage list
Australia's official shortage list rates electronic engineering technicians as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Electronic Engineering Technician as in national shortage; Electronic Engineering Draftsperson as not in shortage.
Jobs and Skills Australia, Occupation Shortage List · 2025 assessment
Ten year outlook
Electronic engineering technician jobs are projected to grow. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 6,515 workers in May 2025, 6,832 by May 2030 (up 4.9%) and 7,300 by May 2035 (up 12%).
6,515
workers, May 2025
6,832
workers, May 2030
7,300
workers, May 2035
Jobs and Skills Australia employment projections · May 2025 to May 2035
Occupation mapping by Get Course, shown with ANZSCO codes so it can be checked.
NCVER Total VET Activity
Who is training
More people are choosing the Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection every year. Across Australia, 0 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 5. National data for UEE61222 starts in 2023.
2019
not yet introduced
2020
not yet introduced
2021
not yet introduced
2022
not yet introduced
35
2023
0
2024
5
2025
NCVER Total VET Activity · 2025 collection
training.gov.au · Australian Qualifications Framework
What does studying it involve?
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
How long it takes
A Advanced Diploma is typically 1.5 to 2 years of full-time study under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Providers set the exact length and pace.
Delivery
Providers set the delivery mode.
Credit for experience
Recognition of prior learning applies to UEE61222 like any qualification on the national register: an approved provider assesses your evidence against each unit.
training.gov.au national register; Australian Qualifications Framework.
State subsidised training lists
What does it cost, and who funds it?
State funding for UEE61222 is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
Official state subsidised training program lists, verified per state. Full-fee prices will appear here as partner courses are listed.
training.gov.au · unit packaging
What is in the qualification
The register lists 22 core units for the Advanced Diploma of Engineering - Explosion protection, plus 37 elective options. Prerequisites apply to 30 of them, marked below.
UEECD0003Apply industry and community standards to engineering activities
UEECD0004Apply material science to solving electrotechnology engineering problems
UEECD0005Apply physics to solving electrotechnology engineering problems
UEECD0010Compile and produce an energy sector detailed report
UEECD0014Develop design briefs for electrotechnology projects
UEECD0017Establish and follow a competency development plan in an electrotechnology engineering discipline
View all 22 core units
UEECD0024Implement and monitor energy sector WHS policies and procedures
UEECD0026Manage risk in electrotechnology activities
UEECD0036Provide engineering solutions for problems in complex multiple path circuits
UEECD0039Provide solutions to basic engineering computational problems (has prerequisites)
UEECD0056Apply methods to maintain currency of industry developments
UEECD0059Write specifications for electrical engineering projects
UEECS0033Use engineering applications software on personal computers
UEEEL0015Manage large electrical projects (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0058Plan large electrical projects (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0062Provide engineering solutions to problems in complex polyphase power circuits (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0004Enter a classified hazardous area to undertake work related to electrical equipment
UEEHA0017Classify areas where a combustible dust hazard may arise
UEEHA0018Classify areas where flammable gas or vapour hazards may arise
UEEHA0022Determine the explosion-protection requirements to meet a specified classified hazardous area (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0027Manage continuous supervision inspection of electrical installations for hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEERE0013Develop strategies to address environmental and sustainability issues in the energy sector
View the 37 elective options
BSBINS501Implement information and knowledge management systems
BSBLDR522Manage people performance
BSBSTR501Establish innovative work environments
BSBSTR502Facilitate continuous improvement
BSBTWK502Manage team effectiveness
PMASUP410Develop plant documentation
UEECD0001Analyse materials for suitability in electrical equipment (has prerequisites)
UEECD0002Analyse static and dynamic parameters of electrical equipment
UEECD0012Contribute to risk management in electrotechnology systems
UEECD0013Develop and implement energy sector maintenance programs
UEECD0037Provide engineering solutions for uses of materials and thermodynamic effects
UEECD0049Use advanced computational processes to provide solutions to energy sector engineering problems (has prerequisites)
UEECO0001Estimate electrotechnology projects
UEECO0003Manage contract variations
UEECO0014Prepare tender submissions for electrotechnology projects (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0006Develop detailed and complex drawings for electrical systems using CAD systems (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0011Evaluate performance of low voltage electrical apparatus (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0041Develop engineering solution for synchronous machine and control problems (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0042Develop engineering solutions for d.c. machine and control problems (has prerequisites)
UEEEL0043Develop engineering solutions for induction machine and control problems (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0008Design gas detection systems
UEEHA0016Assess the fitness-for-purpose of explosion-protected equipment (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0019Conduct a conformity assessment review of explosion-protected equipment (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0020Conduct detailed inspection of electrical installations for hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0021Design explosion-protected electrical systems and installations (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0023Develop and manage periodic electrical inspection and maintenance programs for hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0025Install explosion-protected equipment and associated apparatus and wiring systems (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0026Maintain equipment associated with hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0028Perform compliance audits of hazardous areas and related electrical installation (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0029Plan electrical installations for hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0031Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected equipment type flameproof (Ex d) (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0032Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected equipment type increased safety (Ex e) (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0033Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected equipment type intrinsically safe (Ex i) (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0034Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected equipment type pressurised (Ex p) (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0035Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected rotating machines (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0038Conduct visual and close inspection of electrical installations for hazardous areas (has prerequisites)
UEEHA0039Supervise repair and overhaul of explosion-protected equipment type Group III ('t') (has prerequisites)
training.gov.au national register, UEE61222 release 1
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Get Course maps UEE61222 to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 3124) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; register training.gov.au, synced 7 September 2026; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; register synced 18 Sept 2026. Page last updated 19 Sept 2026.
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